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State and county road crews ready salt trucks for the county’s more than 400 miles of roadways in anticipation of the winter storm season.

At press time, Henry County’s forecast included rain and a 40 percent chance of snow with light accumulation in parts of the county Friday. Before dawn Friday morning, rain turned to snow, and on some roads, rested on patches of ice.

Local school superintendents and law enforcement agencies at the city, county and state level say the tragedy in Connecticut will improve the security of local schools with continued coordination and collaboration between all agencies.

It was just his sixth varsity start. But junior guard Landon New played beyond his experience at Carroll County, finding his range from beyond the 3-point line, and his stroke at the free throw line, to lead the Cats with 18 points in a crucial 59-57 district win.

The Wildcats came into the game needing a win against a district opponent. The Wildcats had opened 0-2 in district play after falling to Eminence and Gallatin. The task appeared to be difficult — Carroll came into the game undefeated in all games at 4-0.

Last week didn’t start so well for the Eminence Warriors, as they fell 64-53 to Gallatin County at home.
But the Warriors rebounded from the loss, and drummed two of their next three opponents scoring more than 90 points.
By Saturday night, when they hosted the Portland Christian Eagles, the Warriors were cruising
But the Warriors had their hands full with the Eagles’ prolific scorer Trenton Scroggy. The athletic guard torched Eminence for 52 points, but the Warriors had more firepower in the end and came out with the 5-point victory.

Friday night the Warriors girls’ team found the basket often on their way to their highest offensive output of the young season against Heritage Academy, 55-25.

The Warriors jumped on top using a new defensive weapon and then cruised to a lopsided win.

“This was the first game that we used our press and I was very happy with it considering it was our first time,” coach Bill Covington said. We scored a lot of points off turnovers in the first quarter and did a really good job on the boards.

One story involved a woman, Ms. Anna Marie Davis, who at 103 years old still had a lucid mind and sharp memory. I interviewed her while working as the roving reporter for Landmark Community Newspaper in Bardstown. She turned 103 last year and had a sister who lived to 105.